Konnor bent over him. “Come for me, baby. ” And Ethan came hard, Konnor joining him, his spunk pulsing into Ethan, hot and wet and damn near perfect.
He lay still inside Ethan for a long time and then finally pulled out and swung his legs over the bed. He walked into the adjoining bathroom, and Ethan heard the shower start up. He came back to the bed and unsnapped the cuff on Ethan’s wrist, holding out his hand. “Come with me, Ethan. ”
Ethan hurried to get up and follow him to the shower. He got inside with Konnor and let the warm water soak him. Konnor handed him the soap. “Wash me, slave. ”
After all the endearments of the last few minutes, the word surprised and hurt him a little, but he shook himself and remembered his place. This was what he’d asked for, after all. He dutifully soaped up his hands and ran them all over his master’s beautiful, muscular body. Konnor made no move to do anything other than stand still and let him bathe his body, and in a few minutes he stepped from the shower and dried himself, glancing over his shoulder at Ethan. Ethan hurriedly jumped out, dried off and walked behind him back to the bedroom.
Konnor got dressed and tossed a pair of pants and a soft shirt over to Ethan. “Put these on. I don’t want you naked in front of my family. That’s for me, only, understand?”
“Yes, sir. ” He put the clothes on and stood with his hands behind his back in the presentation position when he was finished.
Konnor nodded. “Come with me. We’ll have breakfast and then we’ll relieve Larssen. We should be getting back home pretty soon. ”
Ethan nodded, but the idea of arriving on Konnor’s planet was alarming. He’d have to face Konnor’s family, and the butterflies that already churned in his stomach went into overdrive. Somehow he had to do it. He had to face all those alphas, knowing they knew exactly what he was. All the lost, lonely feelings that were never far from the surface came roaring back to taunt him.
Chapter Six
The mention of food had Ethan eagerly following his master down the corridors. His stomach must have thought his throat had been cut, because it was jumpy and unsettled. Konnor went into a small galley and opened some cabinets. He found the food packets and thrust two of them into a small food processing machine. In seconds, the smells of his favorite breakfast assailed his nostrils. It was standard Lycan fare, Levolian sausage and yams. His mouth watering, he leaned forwa
rd eagerly as Konnor took the packets from the machine. He opened up his own packet, and Ethan’s stomach growled. It looked so delicious, the sausage done to a perfect golden color and light steam coming off the yams. Then Konnor opened Ethan’s packet. It was cereal and milk.
Konnor’s lips turned up at the look on Ethan’s face . “Less calories, baby. Love slaves have to watch their figures, you know. We don’t want you getting a fat belly. ”
Fat belly? Ethan looked down at his flat stomach in horror, but Konnor just laughed and ruffled his hair. “You can sit on the chair to eat when it’s just the two of us, but of course, when we have company in the future, you’ll have to sit at my feet. ”
Ethan nodded and resentfully took a bite of his cereal. Any old port in a storm, after all, and he was starving. They ate companionably for a few minutes, and then Konnor stood up, tapping his foot impatiently. Ethan gazed up at him in astonishment. How could he have eaten so quickly? He choked down a few more bites as Konnor frowned at him.
“I thought you told me you were well-trained, and you were going to be the perfect love slave? So far, I’m not seeing it. ”
Ethan felt the flush travel all over his body as he jumped to his feet. “I’m sorry. I’ll try harder. ”
“Hmm…” Konnor said skeptically. “You’d better or you’ll be spending a lot of time over my knee. Now hurry up and dispose of the packets. Then follow me up to the comm deck. ”
Ethan rushed to gather up the packets, wincing in real emotional pain when he dropped one in his hurry, spilling the remains of his cereal all over the floor. He heard a little growl behind him and thrust the packets quickly into the trash incinerator, and grabbed some napkins to wipe up his spill. He turned to step up close to Konnor, his head lowered. Konnor took his arm, whirled him around and gave him a hard swat on his butt. Ethan opened his mouth in shock and moved his hands back to the offended flesh, but Konnor fixed him with a stern look. “Don’t you dare rub it or you’ll get two more twice as hard. ”
“Yes,sir,” Ethan said breathlessly, letting his hands fall back to his sides. Konnor looked him up and down, then came over and tucked in his shirt and buttoned the top button. Giving Ethan a satisfied nod, he turned and left the room without another word, leaving Ethan to scramble after him.
When they entered the comm, Ethan thought he saw Konnor give Larssen a slow wink, but it was over so fast he couldn’t be sure. Larssen stood up, stretching. “I’m going down to grab a quick nap, little brother. We’ll be landing on Lycanus 3 in a few hours, so wake me when we get close. ”
Larssen walked toward the door and Konnor slipped in his seat and began checking instruments. Ethan was standing beside Konnor uneasily, wondering what to do next, when Larssen turned to look at Ethan with speculation.
“Hey, Konnor. You think I’d sleep better if your boy serviced me first?”
Ethan froze in horror, his eyes darting over to Konnor, who sat very still, his lips twitching a bit. He glanced over at Ethan, who tried to beg him with his gaze not to send him with Larssen, who was very handsome but stillwasn’t his alpha. Even though Ethan had offered to do this very thing, he didn’t know now if he could go through with it. Konnor hesitated just long enough to have Ethan really squirming and then he shook his head. “No, I might need him here. Maybe later. ”
Larssen turned and left,and Ethan sank down to the floor beside Konnor’s legs, his own legs not really wanting to hold him up just then. He hadn’t realized he’d been holding his breath until it whooshed out of him, leaving him lightheaded.
He heard Konnor chuckling and felt his hand on his head, pulling it toward his knee. He wondered what he might do to pass the time. It seemed pretty boring to just sit here at Konnor’s feet. This whole slave thing wasn’t exactly what he thought it might be. Of course, Konnor could make him go clean the floors or something. That idea got him to settle down quickly, and not make any moves that might remind his master he was there. After a while, his eyes began to burn a bit, so he closed them for just a minute. He rested his head against Konnor’s knee, and Konnor’s fingers teased through his hair. Before he even knew it, he dozed off on the floor at Konnor’s feet. He was so tired and worn out from all he’d been through that he fell deeply asleep and didn’t wake until Konnor nudged him. He woke up with a start and was mortified to see that he’d drooled all over his alpha’s knee while he’d been sleeping. He scrubbed at it furiously with his sleeve, but Konnor just gazed down at him with that same half smile playing around his lips. “Leave it,” he said. “We’re about to land. Sit up here on my lap while Larssen takes us in. ”
Ethan whipped his head around to see Larssen sitting beside him in the other comm chair, smiling gently as he stared straight ahead. Ethan looked back up at Konnor in confusion as he pulled him up onto his lap. “You slept almost two hours,” he told him, answering his unspoken question. “You were pretty tired, I guess. ”
He pulled him back against his chest and strapped them both in for the landing. Ethan was too big to sit on anybody’s lap and his legs hung off awkwardly to the sides. It was comfortable enough for him, Konnor’s warmth radiating through him, butwas that Konnor’s dick growing larger and harder beneath his ass? The idea made him feel warm all over, and he hoped he wasn’t blushing again, even though Katya had assured him his blushes were charming.
They were already almost on the ground, coming in low and fast, the red dust of Lycanus 3 blowing up around the ship to greet them. Ethan could see several people standing on the landing dock as they pulled up alongside it. Through the glass window on the side of the craft, he could see that the men were all large and handsome, like Konnor and Larssen, and they had the same confident air. Thesemust be the Balenescu alphas he’d heard so much about back home. He got that nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach that he always got when he had to meet new people. Especially these people who were all powerful alphas and who all knew exactly what he was by now.
Konnor unstrapped them, and he stood up so Konnor could exit. He walked right behind him, his feet seeming to be unable not to follow Konnor wherever he went. He kept his head firmly down, though, and stayed close to Konnor. The hot, dry air hit him when he stepped off the ship, a welcome change after Europa. He could hear all the men greeting each other with loud talk and laughter. He could barely pay attention to what was said because of his nerves. When he heard Konnor say his name he jumped, realizing from Konnor’s expression that it hadn’t been the first time he’d called him.
“Ethan, I’d like you to meet the alpha of Lycanus 3, my cousin, Lucas. ” Ethan glanced up and saw a huge, good-looking alpha nodding to him.